[Sfd] Patent-encumbered codecs

[Pia Waugh]

Hey Matthew,

<quote who="Matthew Davidson">

> Does anybody have authoritative knowledge on the legality of 
> distributing patent-encumbered multimedia codecs in Australia?  I'm 
> reasonably certain the AUSFTA is putting an end to this, but has the 
> legislation actually gone through yet?  I'm distributing some Creative 
> Commons licensed video on Saturday, precious little of which is in Ogg 
> Theora format, and would like to legally distribute a player with it.

The legislation of Chapter 17 (the bad one) hasn't yet been introduced to
the national legal system, but it will be within the year. The FTA is
signed, but hasn't yet been translated into legislation, ch 17 was given two
years to do this.

Cheers,
Pia

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